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St Giles ward, London Borough of Southwark

St Giles is one of 23 electoral wards of Southwark London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,945 residents in 6,431 households — 14,211 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peckham constituency.

Residents, 202115,945council ward average 13,376
Households6,4312.48 residents per household
Density14,211/ km²about 1.12 km² · London Borough of Southwark 10,652
Aged 65+8.2%London Borough of Southwark: 8.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 860
5–95.0% · 800
10–155.8% · 919
16–195.2% · 832
20–247.9% · 1,263
25–3423.8% · 3,795
35–4921.7% · 3,457
50–6417.0% · 2,708
65–744.9% · 785
75–842.5% · 392
85+0.9% · 136

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van59.0% · 3,797
1 car or van34.9% · 2,243
2 cars or vans5.3% · 339
3 or more0.8% · 52
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Southwark overall: 28.9% owned, 39.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented.

Owned outright11.1% · 714
With mortgage20.6% · 1,322
Shared ownership1.5% · 98
Social rented40.0% · 2,574
Private rented25.8% · 1,662
Lives rent free0.9% · 61

Type of home

Detached house2.3% · 146
Semi-detached house4.2% · 272
Terraced house16.7% · 1,075
Purpose-built flat54.5% · 3,502
Converted house17.7% · 1,137
Other conversion3.9% · 249
Above shop / office0.7% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.